[Fluffywelshsheep]

okay lidl's i bought pear tree to go with the other one i have so it will 'set'
Got a bin off freecycle a place in doune(not far from here)
and have plans of what to get tomorrow lidls in ways of the garden also justs got some timber of freecycle (in stirling town centre) which am gona collect tomorrow after lidls trip,
Hopefull i can get out and about tomorrow and start digging
Linz
really exciting huh

* Fluffywelshsheep hand rusty a cuppa with 2 sugars in it

[rustyme]

aaahhh cheers for the cuppa ..... stick a picture of David Cassidy in the tree and you would have a partridge in a pear tree...lol... sorry bout that .... exciting ? ...my days are really so boring that I can't tell one week from another let alone days....this time of year just revolves around feeding horses and dogs oh and digging ...Freecycle is soooo handy , I got 4 beehives off my local one.... Good luck with the digging Linz , hope the virus thingy cleared up ok .....don't do too much at first , it is easy to put something out or pull something ....Plenty of time left till the season really gets going.

[Fluffywelshsheep]

yeah it not a virus think it an internal thing still not sure what it is 100%,
i also forgot that i have put some runner beans in a glass of water to start lol
I have a plan that each   year i will grow runner beads but each year I only get one pod lol
so now i have the space they are gona go on my new fence cos it is too bear and horrible looking 'new' wood
linz

[rustyme]

Are you sure the sun hasnt got to you today Russ? and was that you on the bike??lol  - think i will have to pick up a copy of that book though...................
 
I think the medication has worn off Guy , I must get some more from the assylum errr doctors  . Yes that is me on the bike , they don't show the bit at the bottom of the hill though ...where I fall off the bike and break my leg again ... The book Cot.Eco. is well worth a read , even if you never follow anything from it ( and who would want to sit by rush light at night ? , that will make sense when you read the book ! ) it really takes you back to a very different way of life , an instant leap back nearly 200 years.

[rustyme]

well at least you know what it isn't ...thats something. Take care digging though ... Runner beans ...blimey ....just a few plants will see you knee deep in them . You must try dwarf french beans though , they are fantastic and very easy to grow.

[Fluffywelshsheep]

rush light at night

please tell me their not reccomending people go out and get rush candles, they stink to high heaven, being made from anything and everything lol

The smell of animal fat/fur/animal skin/animal hair it not a great smell lol
I worked/helpped out in a medieval 1st person re-enactment museum place give me beeswax candles anyday lol


am still knitting my socks btw
Linz

[rustyme]

lol... no, no more rush lights ,the book they were mentioned in was written in 1821. William cobbett was born in 1763 , so grew up with rush lights. I like beeswax candles too , I even made a few from my own beeswax. I made rush lights once , yes they stink orrible...... the socks look good .... if they are the blue ones in the piccy ?

[Fluffywelshsheep]

sulking now cos i have my new culivator all made up and it is rainning

[rustyme]

I hope it stopped raining for you in the end Linz !!! did you get to try out the new cultivator ?
 Although it was cloudy all day here today , it was at least dry again     
             I managed to get another big chunk dug over again today, about 5'or 6' x 20' again . So not that much more to do ,although it doesn't seem like that while I am actually digging it ?
As I want to get the main digging done now ( I am well and truly cheesed off with it !)  I am leaving carrying  stone up to the track till the digging is done. I will get plenty of chance to collect the stone when I am de-weeding the plot . The comfrey is shooting up well now , and I am getting a tiny bit of it weeded each day, when that is done I will have to start on weeding the willow bed . I must also start to make the jerusalem artichoke bed very soon now, why is it everything I want to do involves digging ?
 

[Guy]

looking forward to reading that book more and more!! we tried the dwarf beans last year and found them v. successful ( as you say you can get inundated with runners - but that did enable me to make a few bottles of wine from the glut )
i think you must have some secret fetish re. digging Russ - sorry mate but you must seek out some help

Linz - you must update about yer cultivator - which model was it? how did youfind it?
dont think i'll be rushing to make my rush lights though

[rustyme]

Hello ...my name is Russ ...and I am a diggerholic..... eh ? what ?     what the **** ?
Yes I think are right I do need help ......a BIG plough would be good... I can't remember the name of the dwarf beans I had ( will see if I have the packet somewhere ) but they were sort of mottled green/brown  I think ? They tasted absolutely beautiful with some butter on them and with some fresh home grown peas and new potatoes MMMMmmmm I think I could easily convert to them instead of runners.....  gotta go and dig the yard up now......

[Guy]

nutter!!! 

[Fluffywelshsheep]

Yippy it did stop raining and i ran out lol

well am totally knackers lol,
Did quite a few bits in the garden

Dug over the front bit i had on the 'lawn' which had the homemade compost on it so tuned that in with the cultivator,

Then had to go out and collect the wood from stirling,
then went in to alloa AGAIN cos mum total be about reduce 'fruit bushes' in woolworths
spent about £15.00 on 4 rhubard crowns, a Chinese Gooseberry ?,Tayberry, Olive, Cranberry
they are currently sitting in the kitchen in a bucket of water lol
As well as the pear tree

Hubby wanted to play on the culivator as well so he has started on the new land and found lots of stone so while he was playing with the culivator. I was going around taking photos and collecting the biggish stone and putting them in the wheel barrow, was thinking that i could even uses them for base of the path or a rockers or something lol

Cut down the dividing fence between the garden and the new bit of land.

In my wisdom when we 1st move in i started wrapping one of the strubs around it so it would look nice accross the fence 'boy' is it stuck fast.

Also being frugel and keeping the fencing for a climbing frame for my fence for the plants etc.

The Cultivator is 700W from aldis
here the link but not sure how long is lasts

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/58_5185.htm

this is what it says on the tin lol

Electric Cultivator 700W
each £44.99 *

Rips through soil, shreds grass and tears through leaves, clearing/preparing the ground for more effective seed planting and fertiliser spreading.

    * Prepares soil for seeding
    * Works in shredded matter
    * Perfect for peat and fertiliser

I would have like a petrol/diesel one but as i have never used on before i think it is brilliant.

It took me about 30mins to run it over the plot in the 'lawn' where as the last time i did it it took me two days and it is not a big plot
4ft by 6ft if that lol

[rustyme]

you know you are doing it all wrong Linz !!!! you should be putting the stone in buckets and carrying it all up the biggest hill you can find....
      I am glad you got on well with it. Sounds like you had a good time? You should be ready for seed sowing time ok now ? Well done ......

[Guy]

wow linz - havent you been busy then !! sounds like a really handy tool youve got there ,  sounds like you could do with a cuppa yerself now - Russ i think its your turn in the chair!!!